Member of the Parrow clan have always had this large empty space on their family tree when it came to Edward Parrow. He left the family in 1900 for places unknown. No one knew who his parents were, or where he was born, or anything much about him.
Fast forward to 2019 and the great strides in DNA testing. Many many thanks to Janice Parrow (Mrs. Kenney) for dealing with all the technical aspects in our project to finally determine some answers to our questions. Another thank you to Cody Parrow for allowing us to use his DNA for this project. I don’t begin to understand this technology but we did need a straight line male descendant. That means it had to be a male descendant from each generation, down from our Edward.
Drum roll here…!! So our Edward Parrow (my great grandfather) was actually born Edouard Perreault on April 28, 1836. His parents were Michel Perreault (1806-1879) and Emelie Goulet. They were married Feb 9, 1835. This line is descended from Nicolas Perreault who was born in 1642 in France and died in Quebec, Canada in 1717.
We still don’t know where our Edward died, but from all indications, he ended up in Moose Jaw, Canada and most likely died there and is in an unmarked grave. For now it is enough to know his lineage, after wondering for so many years.